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03.03.1999 - GnomeREPORT

A couple of notes before I do the reviews today: Lockergnomie Todd Kuipers evaluates & rates e-zines at his site. He recently gave Lockergnome a glowing review. I'm incredibly thankful (and honored) that such a notable e-zine aficionado views Lockergnome as a leader. Kinda cool, eh? And speaking of cool (avert your eyes if you're under 18), Lockergnome is listed in the April edition of Playboy Magazine (in the WIRED column)! That's thanks to another e-zine guy, Chip Rowe. Now you can say you're really reading Playboy for the articles... well, at least next month. No, I didn't make centerfold, but I hear that Miss April's turn ons include short Iowans. And yes, Gretchen already knows.

Starsiege Tribes -- I seriously need to find extra time in my day so I can play more "Internet" games. As I understand it, Starseige Tribes was coded for maximum online gameplay. Of course, if you hadn't guessed, you're supposed to team up with others--that's the whole reason for playing this particular game. Though it's a first-person shooter, Tribes excels at strategic multi-player gameplay. You (and your tribe) can even customize your own logo! Quit playing solitaire for once in your life.

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HotFax MessageCenter -- Okay, I've got image editing and OCR software, but what else can I do with this scanner? FAX! I was looking around for a superior product and stumbled upon this "all in one" solution. HotFax MessageCenter can handle not only regular FAXes, but Internet FAXes as well--and that's on top of its voice mail and paging services. It also does OCR (in case you still need that). Drag & Drop FAXing, Call transfers, and Fax on Demand are just a few of the powerful features you'll find inside this bundle. And no, I haven't tried FAXing my butt yet... don't ask.

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-- Chris Pirillo        


GnomePROGRAM

All-Purpose Spell Checker v1.0 [921k] W9x/NT FREE

http://www.techdroid.net/palware/software/apscinst.exe
http://www.techdroid.net/palware/software.html

When I first started Lockergnome, I didn't spell chekc anything. Since I'm a relatively fast typist (and somewhat of a perfectionist), I figured I'd catch all of my mistakes before sending an issue out. Well, long story short: I'm human. It takes no time at all to spell chekk a document--and when you're using this puppy, it's even easier. Simply open up a document, press a button, click on the document window, and the document's contents will be inserted into APSC. It'll speel check the "words" and then allow you to paste it back into your original document. Neat!


GnomeSYSTEM

Tiny Web Server v1.6 [72k] W9x/NT FREE
Found by John Wong

http://www.ritlabs.com/ftp/pub/tinyweb/tinyweb.zip
http://www.ritlabs.com/tinyweb/

You've got a computer, but you don't want to spend a hundred bucks to turn it into a web server. If you're low on disk space, or you want something that'll just "get the job done", check out the (possibly) world's tiniest web server! "TinyWeb is intended to be a simple Win32 daemon for regular (TCP/http) and secure (SSL/https) web servers."


GnomeCANDY

BitMorph v3.0 [1.1M] W9x/NT FREE

http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/dmc27/BitMorph3.exe
http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/dmc27/bitmorph.html

I'm assuming your ultimate goal is to make your personal computer the most powerful on the planet. Without the right tools, however, it'll never happen. Of course, I doubt that many of you can afford to buy the thousands of dollars worth of high-end software packages to make your system "more complete". That's where something like BitMorph can step in to accomplish some pretty funky effects at a pretty fabulous price. You've seen morphing before on television and in the movies--now you can morph stuff, too! Ah, I love special effects.


GnomeFAVORITE

FutureFile E-mail Newsletter

http://futurefile.com/newsletter.htm

There are tens of thousands of e-mail newsletters nowadays--and that's a good thing (usually). I figure that subscribers will be the ultimate judges; if a newsletter isn't worth reading, then nobody will read it after seeing a few issues. Some newsletters I skim, and others I actually take the time to read. Tod's FutureFile is a definite "reader". My favorite part of his mailing: the "TodBits" (useless pieces of knowledge that are oh-so-interesting to digest). Each newsletter informs me of the latest tech trends... plus Tod's a Lockergnomie!


GnomeDESKTOP

FONT: Medulla Oblongata [20k]

http://web.syr.edu/~rmwickst/medulla.ZIP
http://web.syr.edu/~rmwickst/core.html

The brain is a funny thing if you think about it. Of course, if you think about thinking about the brain being a funny thing, it's almost like you're saying to yourself: "why am I such a funny thing? I wonder if it has something to do with my Medulla Oblongata?" This phrase was made popular in Adam Sandler's latest movie, "The Waterboy" (a motion picture which I have yet to experience). Well, even if you don't like thinking about Adam Sandler, I believe you'll see this font as the child of Martha Stewart and Charles Manson.


GnomeTIP

Sometimes when Internet Explorer encounters an error, it'll bring up an "explanatory" page in the browser. Have you ever wanted to change those pages to something else--ya know, making them a bit more functional? Pick up the MSIE "about:" Customizer immediately (http://members.tripod.com/jsanjuan/ieabcstmr.zip). In fact, here's something kinda hidden: on the address line of IE, type "about:mozilla" (without the quotes). Nice blue page, eh? I suppose you could call that an Easter Egg.